This Week's Message
from Fr. Amesse
April 14, 2024

In a little more than a month we will have our 2nd Memorial Day procession.  I need your help.  We will have a meeting to prepare for the procession, on Saturday, April 27^th at 2 pm down by the Gift Shop in the Conference Room. The areas where I need assistance are flags, rose petals and ushers. 

Flags: Would you like to carry a flag?  Would you want to see the flag of the country of your ancestors carried by someone in the procession?  Call the Shrine office at 978-458-6346.  My e-mail is mamesse@omiusa.org.  The flags will take up the rear guard of the solemn march.

The procession itself will begin on Monday, May 27^th, at 5 pm.  The purpose of the procession is to increase our love and devotion for Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament.  Memorial Day will be the closing of the 40 hour ceremony which will begin Saturday, May 25^th, at the 4 pm Mass.

Roses:  We could use a lot of rose petals.  As we walk, children will make a carpet of petals to honor the Savior.  Then, when we stop in front of the Auditorium and the Bridge Club, the kids will throw, reverently, rose petals at the Monstrance.  If you could bring the petals in a container on the day of the procession, please do. 

Ushers:  I’m going to need men and women to keep order as we process.  They will walk at the left and right, keeping people safe and orderly.  We will have Lowell Police presence as we did last year.  The procession takes about an hour.  So, those interested, please come on Saturday, April 27^th for the 1 hour meeting. 

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The Legion of Mary is a Marian movement founded in Ireland in the 1920’s. It is currently the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis’ April
Prayer Intention
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Let us pray that the dignity and worth of women be recognized in every culture, and for an end to the discrimination they face in various parts of the world.

Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Brazil

Four young Oblates from the Eastern U.S. arrived in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1945, after difficult travel in the immediate post-war period.  The Superior was Lowell native, Father Walter Mooney, OMI.  Beginning with ministry to the English-speaking colony of the area, they and succeeding U.S. Oblates were assigned to outlying priest-less districts and the desperately poor urban favela slums of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Recife, and Belen in the Amazonian north.

Several Oblates were targeted by the authoritarian regime for imprisonment and even torture because of their championing the interest of the indigenous people and the poor of the city of Recife whom they served.

Joined the 1960’s and 1970’s by Oblate missionaries from the Central U.S., Canada, France, Belgium and Ireland and an increasing number of Brazilian Oblates, the Brazilian Province now numbers 65 priests, Brothers and seminarians in four districts.  They work to extend the Word and Work of the Gospel through pastoral ministry, social services, and the formation and support of Basic Christian communities throughout the vast country.

The vast favela slums of the cities where Oblates have lived and served.

On that Good Friday, standing at the foot of the Cross, you were led to understand your vocation to give yourself to the service of your Savior through the gift of your whole life as a priest.

 St. Eugene, guide us to the Savior in our time of need!

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St. Eugene de Mazenod’s Prayer to the Sorrowful Mother

 O Lord, Almighty God, you endowed the Blessed Virgin Mary with the fullness of every gift and grace. By allowing her heart to be pierced with the deepest sorrow, you crowned her merit and placed her at the head of countless legions of martyrs who, for love of your Son Jesus Christ, have shed their blood. Through the painful martyrdom endured by this gentle Mother seeing her beloved Son dying as a Victim because of his love for us, grant us the grace to bear with fortitude the disappointments and setbacks in our life, and not to fear torment or death itself, when we are called to confess our faith in Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

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